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ECO Newsletter: Week of March 29th, 2015

As we head into the second half of this semester, ECO is geared up to deliver an exciting series of events on the environment, energy, and climate. In the next couple of weeks, be sure to save your dates for our events , and come to learn, connect, and have great fun!

Join ECO for a group informational interview via Skype with recent SIPA alum and former ECO president, David Abrahamson. He is the Program Manager for Natural Resources, Agriculture & Rural Development at the Myanmar Institute for Integrated Development: http://www.mmiid.org/. We’ll be speaking with David about what he’s been doing since SIPA, his current work, his SIPA-related advice looking back, and tips for the job search. Learn more about David here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abrahamsondavid

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ECO Site Visit: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Friday, April 3rd, 2:15pm-5:30pm
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in Palisades, NY http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/Spaces are limited to 15 attendees. RSVP as soon as possible to confirm your spot.
To RSVP: email Alejandra Ucros au2182@columbia.edu with the subject line “Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Trip” and your name.
Transit to LDEO: ECO will be taking care of transportation up to the observatory. We’ll be leaving from 118th and Amsterdam at 2:15pm.
Concerned about Senator Inhofe’s snowball theatrics? Join ECO for a trip to the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory to explore the intersection between science and environmental policy. We’ll be meeting with climate scientist Dr. Jason Smerdon to talk about ocean and climate physics and geochemist Kelsey Dyez to talk about longer timescale paleoclimate and implications for climate change. We’ll also be joining the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences grad students for happy hour.

———-ECO-Sponsored Film Screening of Pandora’s Promise

April 8th, 7:15pm – 11:00pm
Columbia University, Lerner Hall, Roone Arledge Auditorium
Next Generation Nuclear Power: The Solution to Climate Change?
Film screening of “Pandora’s Promise” followed by a discussion about nuclear energy.
Introduction by: Nobuo Tanaka, President of Sasakawa Peace Foundation & former IEA Director
Keynote Address: Bill Nye, a.k.a “The Science Guy”
Panel:Andrew Revkin, The New York TimesRobert Stone, Award Winning Film DirectorGernot Wagner, Environmental Defense Fund
Does nuclear energy have any role in stopping climate change? Kicking off the first of three days highlighting nuclear energy at Columbia University,CUCSD presents a screening of PANDORA’S PROMISE followed by a panel discussion with experts. Introduced by Nobuo Tanaka, President of Sasakawa Peace Foundation and former Executive Director of the IEA, a keynote by Bill Nye (the science guy), who will also join our panel, Academy-Award®-nominated director Robert Stone, Gernot Wagner from Environmental Defense Fund, and moderated by The New York Times’ Andrew Revkin. The atomic bomb and meltdowns like Fukushima have made nuclear power synonymous with global disaster. But what if we’ve got nuclear power wrong? PANDORA’S PROMISE asks whether the one technology we fear most could save our planet from a climate catastrophe.

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ECO GIS Workshop

Monday, April 13th

11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.School of Social Work Library, 121st & Amsterdam AveCome learn the basics of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) through a small, hands-on tutorial session with the Columbia DSSC. Instruction and scenarios will focus on applications to environmental and urban policy. A follow-up informational interview with GIS professionals will also be available to participants. Space is limited so please contact Hamilton Foster (hsf2113@columbia.edu) as soon as possible.